Environmental control and life support technologies for advanced manned space missionsRegenerative environmental control and life support system (ECLSS) technologies are found by the present evaluation to have reached a degree of maturity that recommends their application to long duration manned missions. The missions for which regenerative ECLSSs are attractive in virtue of the need to avoid expendables and resupply requirements have been identified as that of the long duration LEO Space Station, long duration stays at GEO, a permanently manned lunar base (or colony), manned platforms located at the earth-moon libration points L4 or L5, a Mars mission, deep space exploration, and asteroid exploration. A comparison is made between nonregenerative and regenerative ECLSSs in the cases of 10 essential functions.Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Powell, F. T. (Life Systems, Inc. Cleveland, OH, United States) Wynveen, R. A. (Life Systems, Inc. Cleveland, OH, United States) Lin, C. (NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States) Date Acquired
August 13, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1986
Subject Category
Man/System Technology And Life Support Distribution Limits
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